Lifeboat may refer to: Lifeboat (shipboard), a small craft aboard a ship to allow for emergency escape Lifeboat (rescue), a boat designed for sea rescues (predominantly used in the United Kingdom and Ireland) Lifeboat (film), a 1944 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock "Lifeboat" (Stargate SG-1), a television episode Lifeboat ethic, an ethic proposed by Garret Hardin based on the metaphor of a lifeboat Lifeboat sketch, a sketch shown on Monty Python's Flying Circus Royal National Lifeboat I… (More on Lifeboats)